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Friday, 20 July 2012

Zakka Style Sew Along

For weeks I have been noticing gorgeous items pop up on a number of blogs that I follow. Zakka style gorgeousness.

Then I discovered that there is a whole Sew-Along happening. Its over half way now but it is still a very welcoming group. Its hosted on the lovely LR Stitched blog. But you probably know all this already...

Last week, I caved and bought the Zakka Style sewing book, so that I can join in. My first project was a curious one - The Patchwork Ribbon. Dandelion Daughter had a party to go to today for one of our dearest friends 7th birthday, so the ribbon was the perfect finish to our handmade pressie.
I am not so sure about all the lose threads but once tied around a gift, they become quite a charming feature, surprisingly.

I made mine this morning from two thin strips of material, joined by their short ends. Then I added some soldier ribbon, felt scraps and crochet lace trim, along with a machine embroidered strip of fabric at either end declaring a "Happy Birthday" to the birthday boy himself.

This is lovely. I like that the ribbon is personalised. When I first saw it on Flickr I thought you had made it because of the olympics and all the 'Britishness' going on at the moment. But I see it is for a lucky little boy. I hope you enjoy the Zakka sew-along - it is good fun and surprising which projects become firm favourites (I particularly liked the magnets even though I thought I wouldn't!).

Your ribbon looks perfect! I joined in with the first few weeks but things just got in the way. Seeing yours has made me keep it in mind for future presents, what a great way of of making it personal and not having to add a tag! Could be great for Christmas!

Wow, your ribbon looks fantastic and I love your Dandelion tags! Great idea, how do you make those? Are they printed or stamped?And your machine can do embroidery! I always wanted one that has this feature... :o))